Display-panel.



EVB'. WASTIE.

DISPLAY PANEL.

APPucATloN mso Mmm-19115.

Pat-@med May 30,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. B. WASTIE.

DISPLAY PANEL. APPLlcAnoN mso MAR. 6, |915.

Lmwm Paten-ed May 30,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Attorneys A EDWARD B. WASTIJE. F BLLINGS, MDNTANA.

lDSlPLAY-PANEL Menace.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, EDWARD lB. WASTIE, a

` citizen of the United States Aresiding at Bilt the tastes of the designer or the tastes of the prospective purchaser. p

Sorfar as l am advised as to the state of the art, devices of the sort hereinafter disc `l closed have hitherto taken the form of a .cabinet or rack of the general type shown in FatentNo. 1,116,481 granted on the 10th day oi November, 1914 to Sidney L. Ralph and one object of" the present invention, therefore, is to provide a structure of the sort under consideration in which the wall forming and ceiling-tormug elements Aare Sti displayed upon a single dat sheet ot co1nparatively small size, the arrangement oi the parts of the structure bein such, however, that a third dimension wil be simulated, therebyto throw into perspective, a portion ot a ceiling, a portion oit two angularly' disposed side walls arid a portion ci the Hoor.

' rlhe invention aims to provide novel means whereby a portion oi the structure will be made efcient at once as a means, tor giving a perspective ed'ect and as an abutment Awhereby the ejection ot the ceiling displaying slide or panel may be initiated.

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'llhe invention aims to provide a device of the type above mentioned in which panels may be interchangeably mounted upon a plate, thereby to render facile, the mahing np of diderent combinations disclosing ceiling-forming and wall-forming decorations in combination with those parts of a wall which are commonly assembled therewith.

-llt is within the sco e ot the invention to improve generally an to enhance the utility oi' devices oi:n that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the descriptiony proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement ci parts and `in the details ot construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being -understood that y changes in the. precise embodiment of the in- Specieation of Letters Patent. .application led March 6, 191%. Serial No.' 12,8159.

xratenteu Mayan, raie.

ven'tion herein disclosed can he made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation; Flg. 2 isa rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a fragmental rear elevation in the nature of a diagram' Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing a modiied form of the invention; Fig. 6 is a rear elevation Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken approxlmately on Ythe line 7-7 of" Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a fragmental longitudinal section of the i moditication disclosed in Fig. 5. a

Although the structure forming the subject matter ot this application may be made in various sizes, it is referabl'y fashioned in small dimensions so t at it ma'yloe readily handled. 'lhe device may'einbody a marginal frame 1 to the rear face et which is secured a display plate 2 which may be substantially cti-extensive in dimensions with the frame 1'. lin the plate 2 is fashioned an lupper opening 8l through which a ceiling display anel hereinafter mentioned is disclosed. he upper opening 3 ordinarily is bounded at its top an at its sides by the frame 1. lin the pla 2 below the upper opening 3 is formed a lower opening 4 through which is adapted to be displayedv a border panel hereinaiiter alluded to. The right hand end of the opening 4l ordinarily is defined by one side portion oi the trame 1 as Fig. 1 wlll render evident. rlFhat portion of the plate llwhich remains intact between the openings 3V and 4 forms a rib 5l which may be decorated in an, desired manner to simulato a molding or nishing strip lying between the ceiling and the border.

Disclosed through the upper o ening 3 is a ceiling panel 6 which is slidab y mounted on the rear face of the plate 2, removably, 1n an upper guide 7 and an intermediate guide 8, these elements being attached to the rear face of the plate 2. The invention com rises a wall panel .9 visible through the ower o ening i and held in place removably and slidably by the intermediate guide 8 and a lower guide 10. Endwise movement oi' the .upwardly extended as shown at 12 past one endf16 of the lower or border displaying opening 4..- As clearly indicated at 14tl'ie` upwardly extended part 12 of the display plate 2 is prolonged within the lcontour of the upper opening 3, the upper edge of the element 14 being downwardly and inwardly inclined, as shown at 15, with respect to the upper edge of the rib 5.' Belowl the lower opening 4, the display plate 2 is decorated in any suitable manner as shown at 17 to represent paneling, or any other decoraf tion which constitutes apart of one side wall of the room. lAs, shown at 18, that portion of the plate 2 which lies below and to theleft of the lower opening 4 is suitably decorated to indicate a side Wall at right angles to the w'all represented by the decorations at 17. The lower portion of the plate y 2 is decorated ormarked as shown at 19 to indicate a portion of the Hoor. K

That portion of the plate which is represented by the reference numeral 14 and the slanting edge 15 of such ,part 'exercise va double function'.

tablish proper perspective relations betweenv First, they serve to esthe ceiling panel 6, the wall or border panel 9, the side wall 17 and the rectangularly dis# posed side wall v18. Second, the'upstanding 'portion 14 of the plate which projects beity of such panels, to the end that one panel lof each sort may readily be replacedby another, thereby permitting proper combinations to be made up for inspection and coin parison. l l

It is to be observed that the transverse axis of the lower opening 4 and the rib 5 do not lie at right angles to theA longer di- Y mensi'on yof the plate 2, but extend downwardly andV to the left, as clearly disclosed in Fig. 1 and as outlined in Fig. 2, the perspective effect being further enhanced by this construction.

That form of the invention disclosedei'n Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 does not'difier materially from that form -of the invention delineated in Fig. l. In the figures under consideration, practically the only change brought about is that the border displaying panel 9 of Fig. 1' is replaced in Fig. 5 by a panel of suicient size to disclose an extended wall area.

In Fig. 5 and in the remaining figures the traine appears at 21 and the display plate I y l 1,184,800

is shown at 22. The upper opening appears at 23 and the lower opening at 24. Therib which separates the ceiling from the side wall appears at 25 and the ceiling panel is shown at 26, the same being retained in an v upper guide 27 and an intermediate guide 28.J

The wall panel 29 is held in the intermediate guide 28 and in a lower guide 30 and the stop for the panels is shown at 31. A ortion of the plate is upwardly extende as shown at 32 and protrudes as shown'at 34 within the contour of the upper opening, the

inclined edge of the portion 34 appearing at 35. The inner edge of the lower opening is shown at 36 and the panel 29 which is disclosed through this opening is extended downwardly toa base-board 3 A portion of the plate to the left of the opening 24 is decorated as shown at 38 to indicate a rec- -tangularly disposed side wall. The plate 22 is marked or decorated in its lower portion and upon its forward face to indicate a floor, as shown at 39. Noting the point at which the4 reference character 40 is applied to Fig. 6 and observing the reference character 20 in Fig. 4, the function of the part 34 as a fingerl abutment for the panel 26 will be understood readily.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the fixed portions of the structure may be decorated in any desired manner, the removable panels being variously constructed.

Ilaving thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device for displaying ceiling and side wall combinations, a plate provided with an upper, ceiling-disclosing opening,`

and a lower, wall-disclosing opening torming a molding-defining rib therebetween, a ceiling panel; a wall panel;platecarr1ed guides for` holding the panels for inspection through the respective openings; the

plate being upwardly extended along one end of the wall-disclosing opening and b eing extended within the contour of the ceilk ing-disclosing opening to form an abutment,

the upper edge of which is extended downwardly and inwardly with respect to the upper edge of the rib, thereby to throw the ceiling panel into perspective and to throw into perspective so much ofthe plate as lies beyond said end of the wall-disclosin opening; .and the abutment being adapte to coact with the Enger of an operator to prevent a distortion of the ceiling panel when the ejection thereofis begun.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD B. WASTIE.

Witnesses:

GLADYS SmvING, LOU W. CHAPPLE. 

